Gastonia, NC ranks #4,263 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 26 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gastonia, NC include Invue Security Products, RTX (Raytheon), Little Engine. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. Reneau Van Landingham, Jr. | Invue Security Products | 2 |
| 1 | Joseph F. Englehart | RTX (Raytheon) | 2 |
| 1 | Franz W. Kellar | Little Engine | 2 |
| 1 | Tammy Horne | Lukas Hydraulik Gmbh | 2 |
| #5 | Tina G. Michaels | — | 1 |
| #5 | Nicholas Buccola | Hunter Douglas | 1 |
| #5 | William C. Herter | Carlson Software | 1 |
| #5 | Joseph D. Fickling | Albemarle | 1 |
| #5 | Margarita Estrada | Siemens Energy | 1 |
| #5 | Paul Dellinger | Gulfstream Aerospace | 1 |
| #5 | Robert H. Ferguson | Mann+Hummel Filtration Technology Us | 1 |
| #5 | Xiaosong Wu | Dsm Ip Assets B.V. | 1 |
| #5 | Nick C. Buccola | Hunter Douglas | 1 |
| #5 | Christopher Jay Woltermann | Fmc | 1 |
| #5 | Timothy James Rohm | Banyan Licensing L.L.C. | 1 |
| #5 | Nickolas C. Buccola, Jr. | Hunter Douglas | 1 |
| #5 | Franz Austen Kellar | Little Engine | 1 |
| #5 | John P. Baker | Georgia-Pacific Nonwovens | 1 |
| #5 | Britton Lemmon Tabor | — | 1 |
| #5 | Martin Stamm | Continental Automotive Gmbh | 1 |
| #5 | Marina Yakovleva | Fmc | 1 |
| #5 | Prakash Thyaga Palepu | Fmc | 1 |
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